on $100k a year, leaving Montgomery
changea dispatch from
salt lake city
UT
40.76°N
111.89°W
Salt Lake City sits in a bowl of mountains so close you can be at a ski lift in 30 minutes. The grid is laid out from Temple Square in clean numbered streets that make navigation almost too easy. The Great Salt Lake glints west, the Wasatch towers east, and the city itself has loosened up into a real food and bar scene in the last decade. The powder really is that light.
in our guides
the verdict
more each month than Montgomery ran you
Salt Lake City costs more than Montgomery, and you'll feel it. The upside has to come from somewhere other than your budget.
a quick ledger.
$1,608/mo
17% more expensive than Montgomery(vs $1,376/mo)
4.65%
$29/mo less in state tax than Montgomery
vs 5% in Montgomery
$6,338/mo
$203 less than Montgomery
gross of federal tax. a comparison, not a paycheck.
$584k
176% more expensive than Montgomery
vs $212k in Montgomery
1.3M
vs 385k in Montgomery
field notes, weather & such.
168
pleasant days a year, in salt lake city.
Montgomery gets 181 pleasant days a year, so you'd be trading some sunshine. A real winter, not a brutal one: 33 days under 20°, vs 1 in Montgomery.
A month here packs 1.9× the events of Montgomery.
78/100
77% higher than Montgomery
vs 44/100 in Montgomery
Closest outdoor draw: Antelope Island State Park, 22 mi.
80/100
31% higher than Montgomery
vs 61/100 in Montgomery
90
2900% more than Montgomery
vs 3 nonstops in Montgomery
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